Journalists, researchers and politicians are mourning Meta’s shutdown of CrowdTangle, which they used to track the spread of disinformation on Facebook and Instagram. In CrowdTangle’s place ...

Meta added safety features to CrowdTangle ahead of the European Parliament elections in June 2024, before shutting down its operations to avoid regulatory action. Meta’s History with CrowdTangle ...

CrowdTangle was founded by Brandon Silverman and Matt Garmur in 2011 and started attracting big media clients like BuzzFeed, CNN, Vox, USA Today, and NBC. Meta acquired it in 2016 and decided to make ...

An analysis from Proof News cited 11 features, including the ability to see social media metrics over time and dashboard sharing, that Meta Content Library lacked compared to CrowdTangle when used ...

Meta Platforms Inc. on Wednesday shuttered CrowdTangle, a popular social media analysis tool that journalists, civic groups and researchers used to monitor trending posts on platforms like ...

Meta said Wednesday that CrowdTangle doesn’t provide a complete picture of what is happening on its platforms and said its new tools are more comprehensive. Meta acquired CrowdTangle in 2016.

Journalists, researchers and politicians are mourning Meta’s shutdown of CrowdTangle, which they used to track the spread of disinformation on Facebook and Instagram. In CrowdTangle’s place ...